During the academic year 2022-2023, InEd Studios successfully completed over 250 video,
audio, and design projects for university marketing, educational documentaries for
state-wide and national audiences, and, most notably, the development of high-quality
online courses.
InEd’s learning designers partnered with faculty to develop 155 online courses that
met quality design standards, a 68% increase from 2021-2022. In support of these
courses, the team produced a wide variety of customized learning materials, including
interactive graphics, infographics, PDFs, presentations, animated content, screencast
demonstrations, custom avatars, games, and podcasts.
The Digital Learning team extended their support to faculty members on 2,118 distinct
occasions, addressing a wide range of learning technology and pedagogical requirements,
resulting in nearly 1,000 hours of consultation.
The Digital Learning team prepared dozens of “Monday Minute” videos and shared them
during a weekly email campaign to over 1,600 faculty. These videos are short, timely,
informational pieces on digital teaching and learning practices.
InEd's Digital Learning launched a successful campaign to increase the number of certified
faculty to teach online. In the first six months of 2023, InEd certified 262 faculty
and is on track to issue the highest number of annual certifications since the inception
of the OIC in 2012. Nearing its 10th year, the OIC has certified over 2400 online
instructors, and the feedback from our faculty participants has been instrumental
in its success.
More than 2,000 faculty members participated in InEd’s fully online, asynchronous,
workshops during the 2022-2023 academic year. The most popular workshop was the “Honorlock
Readiness” program, with 945 participants. Nearly 700 faculty enrolled in workshops
related to Kaltura and more than 300 participated in the Camtasia Foundations workshop.
The Digital Learning Training and Support team held more than a dozen live (synchronous)
workshops for faculty, serving nearly 175 attendees. Topics ranged from Honorlock
or Microsoft Teams Essentials to Canvas fundamentals to building academic integrity
plans.
New Initiatives
The Marketing Team and the Recruiting Team worked hand-in-hand to promote eight fully
online graduate programs or certificates created in partnership with various colleges.
The recruitment team assisted nearly 700 prospective students and applicants, resulting
in 313 new USF students during the 2022-2023 academic year. New Initiatives Two new
fully online graduate certificate programs were launched this year, both created in
partnership with the USF College of Engineering.
Students in the Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate will learn the skills
needed to build and integrate next-generation AI tools and become well-qualified for
roles in data mining, natural language processing, machine learning, autonomous robotics
and other technologies.
Those in the Pathway to Computing Graduate Certificate is a 15-credit bridge program
that can help students change careers and either prepare for a master’s-level computer
science program or qualify for positions in the white-hot technical job market.
The inaugural Innovation in Online Design and Teaching Award was created to recognize
exceptional online teaching practices and design, development, and delivery. Sanghoon
Park, from the USF College of Education, received the 2022-2023 honor for his Current
Trends in Instructional Technology; USF Department of World Languages Assistant Instructor
Margarita Altuna and USF Muma College of Business Instructor Loran Jarrett were finalists. USF Innovative Education launched a pilot process and a multi-semester pilot and evaluation
of Harmonize, an online discussion platform that help students contribute in ways
that feel familiar and natural and creates a social learning environment that is inclusive
of diverse learners.
The Recruitment Team launched Student Success Coaching and Online Canvas Orientation
for newly admitted students into 2 new online engineering programs.
InEd Studios launched 2 virtual production studios where faculty and university partners
work closely with skilled Learning Designers and Video Production experts to craft
cutting-edge digital content that resonate with the expectations of today's learners.
Our new studios leverage state-of-the-art technology to create authentic and immersive
3-D environments powered by game engine technology.
Innovative Education collaborated with USF faculty and CTPE to create and release
a no-cost Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled "Exploring AI and ChatGPT: Impact
and Possibilities." This course attracted more than 3,000 enrollments and received
highly positive feedback from its participants.
Awards and Presentations
InEd’s AVP was featured as a keynote speaker for Topkit 2023 conference.
Six InEd studios team members attended industry conferences this year, including Adobe
Max in California and presenting at NAB in Las Vegas.
Five members of the Tampa Learning Design team presented at three conferences (sessions
were titled as follows: Implementing Perusall to Address Unique Educational Challenges
with Diverse Learners, Bringing UDL Down to Earth: Creative Applications for S.T.E.M.
Course Design, and A Weighty Matter: Promoting Size Diversity and Combating Weight
Stigma in the Online Learning Context).
The Digital Learning team hosted the Topkit Florida Faculty Development SUS Outreach
Campaign, a half day conference for Florida universities, colleges and private institutions.
Five members of the Tampa Digital Learning Training and Support team presented at
seven conferences (sessions were titled as follows: Two million online proctored exams:
What we have learned so far ; Online academic integrity: Flip it from an afterthought
to a strategic PLAN; Two Million Online Proctored Exams: What We Have Learned So Far;
Two Million Online Proctored Exams: What We Have Learned So Far; Implementing Perusall
to Address Unique Educational Challenges With Diverse Learners; Flexible and High-Quality
Course Design- Design and Implementation of Flexible Course Designs; Flexible and
High-Quality Course Design- Design and Implementation of Flexible Course Designs and
an additional submission, Using an Experience Sampling Method for Learning Experience
Analysis: Mental Effort and Frustration, has been accepted to be presented in-person
poster presentation by Division 15 - Educational Psychology.
The Corporate Training and Professional Education has been named a Top 20 Education
Partners for SHRM Exam Prep and the unit is ranked No. 1 in enrollments for SHRM Essentials.
Two members of the Corporate Training and Professional Education presented at four
conferences: UPCEA, AMP, National Council for Continuing Education and Training (NCCET) and
the IEDC Conference.
InEd Studios has received more than 80 national and global awards for its creative
work and its work was selected for multiple International Film Festivals over the
past decade. In 2022, the team won its 4th Suncoast Regional Emmy Award for work
on a feature-length documentary film.
Other
InEd Studios team members play a pivotal role as guest lecturers at the Z-school,
providing students with valuable real-world training through hands-on studio experiences.
Additionally, four students from these schools participated in a paid internship program
during the 2022-23 academic year.
